[All] News about Corporations

[Robert Milligan]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the links to the George Carlin VD's where he criticizes the  
Corporations in his particularly distinctive manner. Generally, I  
especially like the use of humour for both complimenting and  
criticizing. In fact -- as my wife best knows -- I create ad lib  
humour all the time (perhaps my "uncle" Spike's influence).

I am especially glad, though, that you have heard the message from  
myself, Prof. John McMurtry, Michael Moore and countless others that  
the corporations are the -- invisible to those swimming in denial [de  
nile?] or blinded by fear --  monster in the room.

But just to compliment corporations, the current trends indicate that  
corporations appear to be  increasingly successful at Complex-Life- 
Destruction Generation!  One hopes that  these -- mostly corporate  
anomie caused -- trends are reversible!

Now I  look forward to seeing what more you & Donna are going to do  
after we finish laughing about/at it/them! (We leave out or include  
corporations in our multi-causal analyses of problems, both with some  
risk!)

My life-role is partly to advance the survival need for higher 'values  
and purposes' -- as Obama did during his election campaign.  But also  
I am tentatively suggesting what our Higher-Global -Universal Values/ 
Purposes might be. And far-reaching discussions about them should be  
an Open Collaborative Innovation process --an essential part of an  
effective democracy (as Michael Moore, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5850F320090906 
, and others might suggest).

Best wishes,
Robert


On 25-Jan-10, at 2:11 PM, Mike Nickerson wrote:

> Hi Robert:
> 	
> You've likely heard about eh US Suprime Court decision that it is  
> okay for corporations to fund elections to whatever extent thy want.
>
> A great opportunity to bring this to popular attention.
>
> I've circulated the below to numerous individuals and institutions  
> that have been doing public education using the corporate elections  
> hook.
>
>>> a) Corporations are people;
>>>
>>> b) Corporations are owned by people;
>>>
>>> c) It is against to law for people to own people.
>
> Run with the  opportunities, this is a clear opportunity.
>
> On the topic, you will get a laugh from:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI&feature=related
>
> Best wishes.
>
> 		Yours, Mike N.
>
>
> 	"Our ignorance is not so vast as
> 		our failure to use what we know."
> 				M.K. Hubbert
>
> http://www.hubbertpeak.com/index.asp
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